Sony KV 36HS510 – 36″ WEGA CRT TV – 1080i – HDTV monitor Review
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I bought this television well over 5 years ago and it still works GREAT! It was the best thing you could buy for under ,000 at the time and we have not had a single problem with it, even the remote still works like new. I bought it at BB in 2003 for about 00 with a couple of extras throw-in and they delivered and set it up for free. It is a bit heavy at a little over 200lbs, so moving it is difficult, but we have only had to move it a couple of times. I have a HD-DVD player hooked up to it now and the picture is great(yeah, I know Sony won this time, but I also bought a Sony BetaMax back in the day, go figure). I also now have a Onkyo SR605 hooked up that upconverts signals from other sources and they look great as well. I have had DirectTV sattelite since I bought the KV-36HS510 and get all the HD channels just fine and the picture is even better than when it was new, probably due to upgraded receiver and dish from directtv and/or my imagination, but either way I am very happy with my SONY purchase and will buy SONY when I get my Blu-Ray and new LCD flat screen XBR. I might even buy a Playstation 3 since the Blu-Ray player is built-in!
Sony KV 36HS510 – 36″ WEGA CRT TV – 1080i – HDTV monitor Feature
- The best picture quality. High definition television connectivity
- Hi-Scan FD Trinitron WEGA Television offers you more entertainment than ever
Sony KV 36HS510 – 36″ WEGA CRT TV – 1080i – HDTV monitor Overview
The Best Picture Quality. High Definition Television Connectivity. Four Times the Picture Resolution compared to conventional models… Sony’s KV-36HS510 36″ Hi-Scan FD Trinitron WEGA Television offers you more entertainment than ever. Featuring an HD Detailer Wideband Video Amplifier, a Scrolling Channel Index System, a Two Tone Cosmetic Design, Hi-Scan 1080i Display, Memory Stick Media Playback (JPEG), DRC Digital Reality Creation MultiFunction Circuitry, and CineMotion Reverse 3-2 Pulldown Technology, this TV offers you more reasons to watch! Additional features include the MID -X Multi Image Driver X Circuitry and Twin-View Two Tuner Picture and Picture. For impressive Direct View TV entertainment – look no further than the KV-36HS510.
Sony KV 36HS510 – 36″ WEGA CRT TV – 1080i – HDTV monitor Specifications
Sony’s KV-36HS510 36-inch FD (flat display) Trinitron WEGA television is a feature-packed CRT that’s fully HDTV-ready. Its outstanding features include playback of JPEG image files from Memory Stick media, analog and digital high-definition inputs, a suite of picture-enhancing technologies, and twin-tuner, split-screen picture-and-picture.
The set’s standard 4:3 aspect ratio, Hi-Scan 1080i display, and picture-improvement circuitry let you view a mix of source signals at high resolutions, up to 1080i. DRC–Digital Reality Creation MultiFunction circuitry–upconverts standard interlaced (480i) video sources to 960i or 480p, while inputs as high-quality as 720p (720 lines, progressively scanned) are upsampled to full 1080i.
Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p and 720p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The set’s auto 16:9 enhanced mode detects anamorphically encoded widescreen program sources and offers full picture resolution on the video program, wasting none of its usable lines of resolution on the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
MID X (Multi-Image Driver X) circuitry lets you watch NTSC television broadcasts and high-definition programming simultaneously, side-by-side, using Flexible Twin-View two-tuner picture-and-picture. A special zoom mode lets you customize the size of each viewing window.
ClearEdge VM wideband velocity modulation improves the definition at picture edges, creating sharper images by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam’s horizontal scanning during demanding work–say, when rendering transitions from light to dark parts of an image–and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas. The set’s 3D digital comb filter further enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character’s striped T-shirt).
The KV-36HS510 also employs CineMotion Reverse 3-2 PullDown technology (often called 3:2 pulldown), a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movies in their native 24-frame format. Digital video mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.
Two high-definition component-video inputs grant optimum connection with a DTV decoder and progressive-scan DVD player, while standard composite- and S-video inputs accommodate all DVD players. The set even has a DVI-HDTV interface to provide a digital connection between your DTV receiver and the KV-36HS510. You can choose between a set of rear AV inputs and a set of front AV inputs for extra convenience. A rear AV output offers both fixed and variable-level analog audio outputs for hookup with, for instance, both a VCR and a surround receiver. If you don’t have Dolby Pro Logic processing or a surround speaker system, the TV’s SRS TruSurround will simulate surround sound through any two speakers.
The set gives you stereo audio (with 7.5 watts per channel) as well a powered, 15-watt subwoofer to round out the low end. You can label the set’s video inputs and channels for easy selection.
Other video technologies include auto white balance, Dynamic Focus circuitry, Dynamic Picture Processor circuitry, Trinitone color temperature control, and vertical aperture compensation. An optional accessory for the set is the Sony audio/video cabinet SU-36HS1 (pictured).
What’s in the Box
TV, remote control (RM-Y188), 2 AA batteries, user’s manual, and warranty information.
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Customer Reviews
Good while it lasts – T. – CT, USA
We got this tv 2 years ago and, yes, it was great. But it has stopped working recently and the estimate to fix is 0 – not great. We have called Sony to try to negociate a deal (getting the part for free and paying for the labor only) but they offered no alternatives. We loved the tv, but I agree with the other reviews – 2 to 3 years of lifespan is not acceptable. We are getting a new tv and it will not be a Sony…
Loved it While it Worked – Robin L. Luby –
We bought our Sony KV-36-HS510 Back in Jan of 2004 and last month (march 2007) it started not wanting to turn on. I would use the remote to turn it on and woul hear it click on then instantly click off. I have had an in home repairman out here 3 times and each part he brings out won’t fix the voltage problem. Seems there is a low voltage getting to the power switch. I just got a call from the repairman telling me we are out of luck..the part he want to try and repace is not being made any longer and he can’ not find one for us. This is alot of money to spend for 3 yrs of use.
3 Years Later – hooplehead –
I bought this set 3 years ago, and have had absolutely NO problems with it at all. The picture is as great now as it was when brand new, all the functions & ports work perfectly, and HD content looks great.
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